{"id":2503830,"date":"2025-10-28T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-claims-trumps-japan-visit-is-great-optics-amid-tariff-war-with-china\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:45:56","slug":"joe-concha-claims-trumps-japan-visit-is-great-optics-amid-tariff-war-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-claims-trumps-japan-visit-is-great-optics-amid-tariff-war-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Concha claims Trump\u2019s Japan visit is great \u2018optics\u2019 amid tariff war with China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-concha-claims-trumps-japan-visit-is-great-optics-amid-tariff-war-with-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2503830&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s visit to Japan amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-plastics-industry-faces-reckoning-as-world-realizes-it-depends-on-critical-us-export\/\" title=\"... Plastics Industry Faces Reckoning as World Realizes It Depends on Critical US Export\">ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-trade-chief-tai-to-unveil-bidens-china-trade-strategy-on-monday\/\" title=\"US Trade Chief Tai to Unveil Biden\u2019s ... Trade Strategy on Mon...\">tariff war<\/a><\/a> with China. Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha praised the visit as strong &#8220;optics,&#8221; highlighting Japan&#8217;s warm and patriotic welcome for Trump. Concha emphasized that the U.S. has a dominant position in trade negotiations, with key allies like Japan, South Korea, India, and Australia aligning against China&#8217;s trade practices. As the introduction of tariffs, the U.S. stock market has performed well,contrary to recession fears. Trump has negotiated a 15% tariff agreement with Japan and hinted at the possibility of a 100% tariff increase on Chinese imports. The article also notes an upcoming meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >finalize trade discussions<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Joe Concha claims Trump&rsquo;s Japan visit is great &lsquo;optics&rsquo; amid tariff war with China<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2385396\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Senior Writer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3780662\/10-numbers-prove-trump-best-week\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> noted that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3864332\/trump-trade-deals-asia-trip-china-tariffs\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> signaled a dominating position in the tariff war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3865862\/trump-hails-japans-new-prime-minister-says-us-is-ally-at-the-strongest-level\/\">his visit to Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Concha reported on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em> Monday that Japan gave Trump a warm welcome upon his arrival as &ldquo;many of the buildings are lit up and red, white and blue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3866092\/turning-point-usa-tests-post-kirk-influence-arizona-recall-effort\/\">Turning Point tests post-Kirk influence with Arizona recall effort<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3866161\/biden-labor-rule-gop-midterm-elections-boost\/\">Trumpworld thinks overturning this Biden labor rule gives GOP a double-digit midterm elections boost<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3866021\/trump-tokyo-trip-takaichi-japan-investment\/\">While you were asleep: Three things you missed on Trump&#8217;s whirlwind Tokyo trip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Since liberation day, and everybody decrying these tariffs on April 2nd of this year, the DOW is up more than 40% since that day. 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Meanwhile, Trump has teased a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3851260\/scott-bessent-jamieson-greer-good-bad-cop-china-trade-war\/\">100% tariff increase<\/a> on all Chinese imports to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Later this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with Trump in South Korea to finish negotiating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-war-is-over-nigel-farage-on-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union-announcing-they-finally-have-come-to-an-agreement\/\" title=\"\u201cThe War Is Over\u201d \u2013 Nigel Farage On The United Kingdom and the European Union Announcing They Finally Have Come to an Agreement\">trade deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Concha says Trump&#8217;s Japan visit shows strong stance in tariff war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2503831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25301444592577.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4501,66017,52093,49743,3634],"class_list":["post-2503830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-china","tag-japan-visit","tag-joe-concha","tag-tariff-war","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25301444592577.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503830"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503834,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503830\/revisions\/2503834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}